107. Truth and Conspiracy with Charles Eisenstein

Commune with Jeff Krasno

Commune Media

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.6 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2020

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Our society's war of narratives is preventing us from having thoughtful, meaningful conversations around a shared goal. How did we get here? And how can we hope to agree on conclusions if we also disagree on what counts as valid evidence?

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0:00.0	Welcome to Commune, a global wellness community and online course platform featuring some of the world's greatest teachers.
0:14.0	We are on a mission to inspire, heal, pass down wisdom, and bring the world closer together. This is the Commune podcast,
0:24.8	where each week we explore the ideas and practices that help us live this healthy, connected,
0:29.8	and purpose-filled life. In addition to our courses on yoga, meditation, and personal development,
0:37.4	Commune also offers an array of social impact courses, including unwinding prejudice,
0:42.8	redefining leadership, and organize a march.
0:45.3	If you are interested in enrolling in any of those course offerings for free,
0:50.4	please email me at jeff k at onecommun..com. Right now we can all benefit from learning and growing in order to better serve our communities.
1:03.1	Okay, so this week on the podcast, I am joined by Charles Eisenstein. For those of you who listen regularly to the podcast or read my weekly newsletter,
1:13.0	you know that few modern thinkers have influenced me in the way I understand the world more than
1:19.1	Charles. Charles is the author of numerous books, including the more beautiful world our
1:25.1	hearts know as possible, the ascent of humanity and sacred economics.
1:30.3	More recently, Charles has written two extremely influential essays that have made their way extensively around the internet.
1:40.3	The coronation, an in-depth look at our human response to the pandemic, and the conspiracy myth,
1:48.1	an examination of the ground conditions that have given rise to the plethora of conspiracy theories
1:55.1	that are gripping us across the political spectrum.
1:58.6	Both these pieces are thorough investigations into the modern state
2:04.1	of the human condition and should be read. He is also the author of a new course on Commune
2:12.8	called Political Hope. On today's show, Charles and I discussed the spike in COVID cases in the United
2:19.4	States, the inability of Americans to socially cohere, the undermining of the institutions of
2:26.0	science and journalism, the arrogance of science, and the need for humility, and our modern
2:32.4	understanding of death.
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